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Richard Blumenthal: “People in Connecticut are forced to pay literally $20,000…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT Mirror Presents: "In The Room: A Conversation with US Senator Richard Blumenthal"

Published | Video Starts at 14:22

In Connecticut, it's known as Health Access Health Connecticut to buy health insurance. And the prices premiums are spiking double, triple, sometimes quadruple. People in Connecticut are forced to pay literally $20,000 more for this health care insurance. No more insurance, same plan, but just they're charged more because the subsidies aren't there. And, and because we're limited in time. I won't give you the long winded answer. (14:22–14:30)

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Asserts that some people in Connecticut are paying $20,000 more for health insurance.

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